Improved lubeioatiifg-oompound



T. E. CURTISS. OF TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lem: 2mm m. 78,189, dated May 26, 1868.

,IMPRGVED LUBRIGATlNG-GOMPOUNDQ ifihegglgemrh rrfcrpch m in flgcst izttnr min! untml kingpnrtbt tilt-sane.

TO ALL WHOM ITMAYCONGERN:

I Be it known that I, T. E-. GUR'EISS, of the city of Titusyille, county of Crawford, and Stnte'of Pennsylvania, hove invented a. certain n cwanduseful Lubricating-Compound fey lubricating esrrio'geaxles, journals, &e.;

and I'do hereby deelare'thot thejol'lowing is a, full, elepr, and exact description thereof, from which unj' perfor which it is intended.

son skilled in theait may be able to-oompound and usethe-same.

My compoimd; is very simple, .eheaf, and easily made, hnd requires but little description. It is intended espeeinlly forlubrienting carriage and cap-axles, but may be used to equal advantage in nearly all doses where an eilicient and cheap lubric'ator is needed. It is made from the residuum of crude petroleum or eonl oil, as a. base, with the addltionlol' finely-bolted rye flour.

For summer use, I'malke it .in the proportion of one gallon of residuum to about one pound of the rye flour. The residuum should be moderately heated before the flour is added, and the latter sifted'and 'atirrod in until all ie thoyoughly mixed. l

i For use in cold wenthei', only about one half the above quantity of flour will be ieqnired; the aaidiproportion being slightly varied from the above, according to the temperature or climate, and the 'pnrtieularuse The rye flour being in itself a. good lubricator, gives suflieient stiffneseor bodyto the residuum to'prevent it from spreading and dripping from the axles, while at the same time it serves to prevent both the nxle and the lubricotor from-becoming heated.

Having thus described my conhpoundQwhot 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

The within-described lubrieating-eon pound composed of the mgttel ials and substantially in the proportions set forth.

T. E. GURTISS Witnesses:

. A. B. Howmmn,

J. J. Hommn. 

